Autistic Spectrum Disorder

What is it like to have Autistic Spectrum Disorder? What are the challenges someone with ASD faces, what positive benefits if any? How can we help someone with ASD?
In this series of free learning modules you can engage with what are defined as Special Educational Needs (SEN). A student with SEN has some issues whereby the way they learn and interact with the world is different to most people in a way that makes it harder to learn in a school environment. Several of these differences have been identified in enough people in the same kinds of ways to be labeled as a specific disorder such as Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Dyslexia.